Though Jake had no idea what had been said about him or how much Zack had fought to ensure that he retained the mech his parents had worked so hard to purchase, because in the end, Zack felt it didn't matter if his companions resented him for standing up for Jake. He just believed he had done the right thing, he didn't mind giving them something to hold against him in the future, even if he might one day regret his choice. For now, all he cared about was doing what he believed was right.As for regret, the other two captains had already warned him that if Aiden eventually rose above them in rank considering his talent, there was a chance he might remember this moment and act on it.But Zack dismissed that thought, because they hadn't been there when Aiden signed the contract and they didn't see what he saw, in his mind, Aiden didn't seem like someone who would be that petty._ _While the three students from Region F waited beneath the F Army Space ship, discussing how much their li

The misunderstanding Gideon had been holding onto was finally cleared after the captain's present explained how Jake was entitled to the mech, yet he still looked like he had just eaten a fly.All this time, he had believed that the Ares mech displayed at the front was meant for Aiden. However, after his outburst earlier, he realized it was actually an inheritance left to Jake by his deceased parents.Now, as he watched Jake prepare to scan it, he couldn't help but feel a surge of jealousy, he had always seen Jake as the weakest among them, and while that might still be true in terms of talent, a mech like Ares could change things.At their current level as one-star pilots, Gideon knew that if Jake used it properly, defeating him might not be so easy, but then he remembered something—Jake didn't have a weapon affinity.That thought instantly made him feel better, convincing himself that despite having two mechs through inheritance, Jake was still nothing more than a weakling with a us

Zoooom!!!!The first sound Jake Fernandez heard the moment he placed the VR pod on his head and lay back was a machine-like hum, almost as if some type of system was coming alive.He was sure the VR pod had some way of connecting to his Hanger System, though now that what he had wasn’t really the Hanger System anymore, so he was hoping there wouldn’t be any problems.However, it seemed he had been overthinking it, because nothing went wrong, and it looked as if the darkness he surrounded by was just the stimulation system coming online, because in the very next second he found himself standing in a dark Hangar showroom,lit only by soft white-bluish LED lights that blinked slowly around the space, and before him stood his two mechs, he could also see the empty slot on the right where his third mech was supposed to be, but since he didn’t have one yet, it remained vacant.Then an indicator appeared before him, as if asking him to choose which mech he wanted to deploy first, funny enoug

While Jake was running around like some cockroach that simply refused to die, those watching just couldn’t help but be drawn toward the small Lancer mech that had already taken down two mechs and was currently sitting in first place.As of right now there seems to be an agreed silence pact among them all as they just kept watching as if they were trying to figure out how the chase would end.Many of them had not believed Jake would be able to accomplish anything, much less with a Lancer mech. However, after he killed the first mech, the E region guild leader had opened his mouth to claim it was just luck as the distance was too far for the victim to react and that it would run out now that his location had been exposed, however many of them present understood what it means to be able to take apart your opponent from that far, the battlefield never gives the chance for the opponent to get ready.Yet before the man could even finish bragging Jake had still gone on to kill the second me

As they kept firing at Jake, he held tightly to his sniper weapon, raising it up and waiting for his chance to counterattack, then Jake noticed that the assault on him had suddenly stopped, yet he could still hear gunfire nearby. That made him peek from the side of the pillar he had been using as cover to see what was happening, that was when he saw a Paragon mech was attacking his assaulters from behind, forcing them to turn and face it, since any hit to the back could easily result in critical damage, they picked to take care of the Paragon mech who had a chance than him who was cornered.Once again, Jake was grateful that this was a free-for-all battle, because he immediately started moving out of there since the chance presented itself, he had only been seconds away from being obliterated himself, as the pillar he had been hiding behind would have been destroyed after a few more shots from the Juggernaut RPG, leaving his low-health Lancer exposed to the mercy of the Slingshot’s r