Things turned out exactly as Li Wei had expected.
Once the Empire's mech troops entered the fray, the monsters were finished. They had managed to destroy Hound-Class Mechs before, but Hound Mechs were built for reconnaissance rather than combat. They were essentially fragile little tanks, so it was hardly surprising that they could be taken down. This time, however, the arrivals were Knight Mechs, the backbone of the Empire's forces. Dealing with a handful of human-sized monsters that could fly but had already been battered senseless posed no problem at all.
Before long, the monsters in the cavern had been wiped out. Only when he heard the system's mission completion chime did Li Wei finally breathe a sigh of relief and lean against the cavern wall, utterly speechless.
He had to admit, it had been a long time since a battle had left him in such a sorry state.
Generally speaking, Li Wei preferred to make his preparations, arm himself to the teeth, outnumber his enemies, overpower the weak, and only act once everything was ready.
The problem was that this time was different. Li Wei's goal was to rescue people. Reality wasn't a game, though. Even in a rescue mission where every second counted, a game would let you have your character take a nap first, eat something to recover health, repair your weapons, level up, allocate your skill points, and then charge into the dungeon to face the boss-with plenty of time left to save the target.
In reality, by the time you finished all that, the boss would have finely minced whoever you were trying to save and eaten them in dumplings.
If that plumber's princess-rescuing routine happened in real life, the princess and Bowser would already have kids together.
Worse still, Li Wei had only just