The Demon Dragon—Benares
With warships ahead and mechs behind, the squat, chubby "little dumpling" design might have lacked a certain aesthetic appeal, but humanoid mechs had always been the dream of countless people.
Most of them were men, with a smaller number of women mixed in. The instant they saw the mechs, their brains practically climaxed. They were so excited that they shouted all kinds of terms that sprang to mind when describing mechs: "Mechs," "Gundams," "armor," and so on.
Moreover, while the short-bodied, thick-limbed "little dumpling" mechs lacked visual grace and were nowhere near as attractive as the slender humanoid mechs from mech anime, this was actually the posture best suited to how humanoid mechs fought.
Their thick limbs ensured their combat and operational capabilities, while their compact bodies kept the main core section small, reducing the chance of being hit.
The mechs were equipped with numerous weapons, both melee and ranged, primarily mounted on their limbs. Their sturdy limbs were thus also armories, and could be rapidly swapped out.
Without question, these were war machines. After landing, blue halos immediately bloomed from the areas that appeared to be their faces. Then, under the control of their automated combat systems, they launched an assault on the Honkai beasts.
Though the dark-purple, chubby mechs looked bulky, their movements were anything but clumsy. With swift, ferocious motions, they tore apart Honkai beasts with melee weapons, bombarded them with long-range missiles, or blasted them apart with beams of light.
The mechs drew weapon after weapon and charged in groups of three, coordinating seamlessly like close comrades who had trained and fought together for years.
Yet this was the achievement of intelligent combat programs. It was clear that both the people who built the mechs and those who wrote the combat programs were