"That's… New!!"
The exclamation hung in the cold night air, barely audible over the nearby symphony of destruction. As darkness swallowed the pocket trial world, the tight and deadly encirclement John had placed around the den was still roaring with life.
Even as the night fell, the defences still roared with continuous and deadly attacks that instantly destroyed every machine unit that dared to appear. John watched the perimeter calmly, assessing the effectiveness of his new layout.
He knew the den wouldn't trigger any entirely new waves for the entire night, but the waiting quota of the last massive wave still had to be fulfilled. So he expected the defences to keep working till midnight or so.
During the past several hours, John hadn't allowed himself a moment of rest. He had been working non-stop on hacking the machine's storage programs and enhancing the six new weapon types he'd salvaged, plus the regular types like the energy cells, the generators, and the cannons.
