Since the Players didn't have a class that specialized in the earth element at the moment, they basically had to rely on explosive spells to dig a hole.
Even so, the suicide squad could only hold the Mecha Giant for half an hour to an hour at most, and it would be difficult to dig a hole that could hold a three-hundred-meter tall Mecha Giant with explosions alone.
Moreover, most explosions would form a bowl-shaped hole, which was clearly different from the hole used to trap or even imprison the Mecha Giant.
It was fortunate that there were high-level Players above Level 40.
Skyflare Heralds like Edward could easily melt sand into glass if he used his Illum crystals to cast the Blackfire Dragon at full power, instantly reaching temperatures above 4500 degrees Celsius!
At first, when he designed the Skyflare Heralds, he had intended for them to wield flames that could reach or even exceed the surface of the sun.
However, he realized that the little bit of Flame Authority provided by the First Flame wasn't enough in the process of crafting the class. To reach or surpass that temperature, they would either have to acquire more Flame Authority or occupy a part of the sun (or nuclear fusion?) Only authority would do.
Be that as it may, 4500 degrees Celsius was enough to deal with most things. Even if the Blackfire Dragon couldn't break through a mage's defensive barrier, it could still steam them through the barrier …
By melting the ground with heat and blowing away the magma with an explosion, it was much faster than normal point-blank explosions. Moreover, the depth of the hole was much deeper than a simple explosion.
[Joe: Are you done digging the hole? We can't hold on much longer!]
[Edward: Just a little bit more.]
[Joe: Hurry up … I was almost insta-killed by the shockwave just now!]
[Edward: Can't you just let your familiar do the fighting and keep as much distance as possible from the enemy?]
[Joe: No, my familiar doesn't have enough range.]
[Joe: Hurry up, we're all going to die.]
[Doug Ag: Can't help it. Our second team will take over!]
[Edward: Why are you joining the fray when you're a ranged player?]
[Doug Ag: That thing probably has an 'Arrow Evasion Buff' or something, but ranged attacks are ineffective and won't attract its attention at all.]
[Doug Ag: We won't be of much help in the subsequent walkthrough anyway, so we might as well become a suicide squad and earn some contribution points.]
Edward's construction team finally dug the pit to a usable level before the Players who acted as the suicide squad perished.
As a price, Edward estimated that he would vomit whenever he smelled coke for a long time.
"He's here!"
As the players in front of them shouted, a gigantic hand reached out from behind a mountain, grabbing onto the mountain and leaving a huge and clear palm print on the rock.
As the gigantic hand exerted force, the true form of the Mecha Giant appeared from behind the mountain. Its terrifying form that was much taller than a normal mountain once again appeared before the Players in an oppressive manner!
"Everyone retreat!" Edward commanded, "Shooting team, maintain your firepower to attract the enemy's attention. To prevent any accidents, try not to let them notice the crater on the ground!"
Although he had used a thin layer of rock as a disguise, due to the lack of time, any intelligent creature would be able to detect that something was wrong with a single glance.
The Players' long-range attacks had no effect on the ancient Mecha Giant, but its eyes … or what appeared to be its eyes were staring at the Players, not noticing what was beneath its feet.
Therefore, when one foot stepped on the disguised rock, it slid directly into the crater due to its terrible weight!
"We did it!" Edward and the others all high-fived in celebration.
Still, the crater was not deep, and half of the Mecha Giant's chest and head were exposed outside the crater. Apart from looking comical, its hill-like size gave off a sense of danger.
The ancient Mecha Giant reached out to the edge of the crater, intending to use the momentum to climb out.
"Now, blast team!"
At Edward's command, the Players blew up the edge of the crater that the ancient Mecha Giant's hand had grabbed. The Mecha Giant staggered in its exertion, its head slamming heavily against the edge of the crater, sending sand and stone flying. Dust billowed into the air with great momentum, as if the sun and moon had lost their light.
"How's the enemy?" Edward quickly asked.
"Its HP bar is basically unchanged!" The Players who risked their lives to approach the crater quickly reported.
"Tsk!"
Still, a human would have most likely knocked out their front teeth even if they weren't knocked unconscious.
Even if Edward did not believe that it was possible to kill the Mecha Giant with such a method, the fact that it was useless against it was still frustrating.
"Forget it. Don't try to deal damage. Focus on destroying its footing and don't let it climb out of the crater!"
Still, it was within expectations, which was why Edward quickly adjusted his attitude.
Moments later, with waves of rumbling, the reports of the Players at the front reached him again.
"After being tricked by us twice, that thing has changed its movements! It's now destroying the walls … it seems intent on using its fists to carve out a ramp that it can walk on without footing! "
"Then destroy the ramp!" This situation was also within his expectations, and Edward calmly ordered, "Throw explosive skills on the slope, block the path with ice, blow up the rock wall or throw seafood into the pit! No matter what, we can't let it escape! "
The Players' relentless tactics proved effective. The Mecha Giant had been fighting the Players in the crater for almost half an hour, but aside from expanding the crater to three times its original size and showing signs of developing into a great rift valley, it really couldn't climb out of the crater!
"Good, it's stable this way!" Marni, who had joined the demolition team exclaimed happily as he watched the Mecha Giant in the crater.
Even if he didn't know what death flags were, Gou Dan immediately felt that something was wrong the moment he heard Marni say those words. From what he remembered, every time Marni said something like that, he would …
At that thought, Gou Dan rolled to the side by instinct.
What happened next proved that his judgment was correct. This action saved him from death!
In the next split second, a red mana beam suddenly shot out of the Mecha Giant's mouth, piercing the edge of the crater and blasting the Players who were standing there to stop it. Then, it struck the tortoise colossus behind them with no reduction in power!
The tortoise colossus' HP, the target that the Players were defending with their lives, dropped visibly!
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