The High Mountain Knight was a brown mech armed with a lance, standing 12.2 meters tall. What drew the most attention were its enormous back-mounted thrusters and the jets along its waist and legs.
The Ghost chosen by Klock, meanwhile, was a pitch-black mech standing only 7.5 meters tall. The only visible weapons were two ring blades slanted into slots at its waist.
Both mechs were custom-made, non-mass-produced precision products from civilian mech manufacturers.
Being able to choose from a mech hangar containing more than 1,800 mechs genuinely piqued Mu Fan's interest.
Of the mechs inside, he recognized... less than one percent.
And according to the competition rules, anything that appeared in the reserve hangar meant there was sufficient inventory available on-site.
If the normal consumption of mechs was taken into account, with a projected loss figure assigned to each model, then the number of mechs Dawn Academy had prepared was probably astronomical.
This academy, the strongest in the entire Federation, seemed to flaunt its immense resources at every moment.
Mu Fan was still marveling when he noticed Gu Yunyou holding a mug in one hand and casually scrolling through the light screen with the other, showing no intention of watching the match.
"Are you choosing a mech? The match is about to begin. Aren't you interested?"
Hearing the surprise in Mu Fan's voice, Gu Yunyou looked up with a slightly blank expression. After coming back to himself, he smiled. "It wouldn't matter even if I were interested. My result has already been decided anyway."
He shrugged helplessly, his calm expression seeming to ask Mu Fan, What difference would it make if I were interested?
"At least you have some self-awareness."
Behind them, a red-haired figure spoke with a sneer.
"I really don't know why the academy let someone like