The Elf Queen's Arrival
The battlefield suddenly became quiet.
From the ruined castle gates, the Elf Queen stepped forward.
Behind her walked the leaders of the alliance:
The Beastfolk leader
The Orc war chief
The Dwarf king
Several powerful nobles
Dark energy surrounded them like smoke.
John looked at the screen inside the cockpit.
"Power levels rising," he said.
Liien frowned.
"Something's wrong."
The Elf Queen slowly raised her hand. Dark magic began gathering around her body.
"Dark magic… one hundred percent," John whispered.
At that moment warning lights flashed inside the mecha.
Liien cursed under his breath.
"Damn. The Divine Sword system just downgraded. Power is too low."
The glowing energy blade in the mecha's hand suddenly faded, turning into a normal metal sword.
John looked shocked.
"Low power?"
Liien shook his head.
"I don't have time to explain!"
Suddenly the Elf Queen and the five alliance leaders raised their hands.
Five massive magic energy spheres formed in the air.
"Incoming attack!" John shouted.
The energy balls fired toward the mecha.
Liien reacted instantly.
The giant machine jumped sideways, barely dodging the explosions as they blasted the ground.
John fired missiles toward the enemy group.
The explosions struck their location—but the magic shields around the leaders blocked the attack.
Smoke filled the battlefield.
When it cleared, the Elf Queen was still standing.
She lifted her bow and fired enchanted arrows toward the mecha.
Liien activated the defense system.
"Laser defense!"
Thin beams of light shot from the mecha and destroyed the arrows in mid-air.
The Queen's shield flickered as the laser energy struck it.
The five leaders around her also began to weaken.
"Enemy power decreasing," John reported.
The Elf Queen clenched her hands tightly.
Her eyes burned with anger.
The battle between magic and advanced technology had truly begun.
ground.
The Elf Queen stood in the center with the five alliance leaders behind her. Dark magic surrounded them like a storm.
Inside the damaged mecha, warning alarms continued to sound.
John looked at the control screen.
"Armor integrity dropping. Multiple systems damaged."
Liien tightened his grip on the controls.
"We finish this now."
The Elf Queen suddenly raised both hands.
Dark energy gathered around her, forming a massive sphere of magic.
"This ends here!" she shouted.
The final attack launched toward the mecha.
The blast struck the giant machine directly.
A massive explosion shook the battlefield.
The mecha staggered backward, its armor cracked and smoking.
Inside the cockpit, John struggled to stay balanced.
"Damage critical!" he warned.
But Liien refused to stop.
"Not yet."
The mecha slowly stood upright again.
Across the battlefield, the Elf Queen and the five alliance leaders were also weakened. The enormous attack had drained much of their power.
Liien activated the final weapon.
"Eye laser system… full power."
The mecha's eyes began glowing bright white.
John locked onto the targets.
"Targets confirmed."
Two massive laser beams fired from the mecha's eyes.
The beams struck the Queen and the five leaders, shattering the last of their magical defenses.
Their shields collapsed.
The dark energy around them disappeared.
One by one, they fell to the ground, completely exhausted.
The battlefield became silent.
The alliance army, seeing their leaders defeated, stopped fighting.
John looked at the screen.
"Enemy command defeated."
Liien leaned back in the seat.
"The battle… is over."
The mecha had won.
But the mystery of the Elf Queen's dark power was far from finished.
Be continued…