Counterfeit Hero

[Sword] stands seven meters tall, entirely black in color, and weighs fifty-eight tons, classified as a medium Single Soldier Mecha. The mecha’s head is styled like a medieval Heavy Knight’s helmet, a design often used in both Military and Private Mechas, differences being merely stylistic, simple, and easy to manufacture.

However, the helmet of [Sword] seems to have been made without an ounce of consideration for aesthetics. It resembles the poor-quality iron masks used on prisoners in the barbaric ages, with its uneven shell encasing the electronic visual system, two round holes at the ears barely allowing the radar system to peek out, and the ugly mouth housing the measurement system looking like a Halloween pumpkin carved by children, devoid of any industrial beauty.

Beneath the mecha’s head is its body. There is no neck, as that would only increase the target area for enemies without serving any other purpose. A Human-shaped Mecha doesn’t need to look exactly like a human. However, the Radish Heads from Silicon Valley went a bit too far; the helmet’s lower edge is almost sunken into the thick shoulders. Is this the aesthetic sense of those tech freaks?

The chest features a thick and ugly composite armor, with broad shoulders and strong arms that look more like solid blocks of steel clumped together rather than mechanical parts. Additionally, the frog-like reverse-jointed legs and dinosaur-like three-toed feet leave no room for mech knights to associate this Devil Muscle Man with such an elegant name as [Sword].

This ugly design placed among the Private Mechas filled with sleek aesthetics does not warrant a second glance. Yet, it’s only when pilots truly sit in the mecha’s cabin and control this clunky iron block in battle do they realize they possess a masterpiece. They even wish they could sleep every night in this ugly mecha’s cabin!

The mech knights still slander the scientists but heap praise on Fatty.

In their eyes, the mecha’s ugly appearance must be the blunder of scientists who don’t understand mechas, while its almost-perfect combat performance must be the handiwork of Officer Fatty!

Without top-tier mecha control skills and a deep understanding of mech combat, it would be impossible to utilize the limited materials and technology of the Free World to create such a beloved mecha.

Brutal power is the first impression mech knights have of [Sword].

This ugly mecha boasts incredible engine power, explosive start-up force, and punching power. No one is surprised; after all, just a glance at the mecha’s fierce and monstrous shoulders and arms is enough to mentally prepare anyone.

However, when they see Fatty piloting the mecha in a demonstration, manhandling a Private Mecha into scrap metal, they are still stunned. Seeing the lightning-fast charge over a fifty-meter distance, the siege hammer-like shoulders, and hearing the deafening crash...

Watching the deformed and twisted Private Mecha, the mech knights’ eyes popped out. They never imagined mecha combat could be so barbaric.

Next, they saw the speed provided by [Sword]’s reverse-jointed mechanical legs and witnessed the agile agility of this seemingly clumsy beast.

The round-array power cabin with four-circuit dual engines was unlike anything the knights had seen before. The powerful burst provided by these engines allowed [Sword]’s instantaneous speed to far surpass all the Private Mechas they had encountered.

Its sixteen-rod multi-body transmission system and reverse-jointed drive system maximized the engine’s power. The fifty-eight-ton heavy body in no way hindered the mecha’s speed. Leaping and dodging, the mecha’s various performance metrics exceeded Ninth Generation Mecha standards.

Owning a Ninth Generation Standard Military Combat Mecha had always been a fantasy for the mech knights of the Free World.

No one expected that fantasy to become reality.

Clover Studio’s Superhard Alloy, Terrain Dragon Studio’s multi-body transmission system, Titan Studio’s Super Sensing Array Radar Technology, Mueller Studio’s Bionics Drive Technology, Constantine Studio’s Six-point cooperative joint system, Black Devil Studio’s three-point layout electronic balance instrument, Yake Studio’s energy shield frequency conversion technology, Pyramid Studio’s Stealth Coating... all these cutting-edge technologies from the Free World’s top research institutions became parts of the mecha, along with engine technology and [Hummingbird] auxiliary thruster provided by Fatty. Thus, it can be said that [Sword] truly represents the pinnacle of the Free World’s mechas.

For long-range firepower, Fatty spared no effort. The few seemingly terrible-looking gun barrels on the mecha included a 260mm caliber Main Energy Cannon and two 50mm caliber energy machine guns. Though the barrels look ugly, they are made from metal smelted using the recipe for Leray Military Weapons, capable of withstanding tens of thousands of energy discharges.

The Energy Cannons, produced with the Energy Burst Device Technology and energy ejection technology provided by Fatty, were developed through the collaborative effort of dozens of top scientists from the logistics research department. Not only can they be manufactured using the Free World’s existing resources and equipment, but in some critical parameters, they even surpass many world-renowned Energy Cannons. Coupled with autoimmune-piercing missiles, the entire mecha is nothing short of a firepower fortress.