He did notice, but while communicating with his comrade, he got distracted and made a judgement that didn't seem wrong at the time, but in hindsight, it might have been a mistake: he had treated the armored vehicle as the primary target.
A fragmentation grenade cannon blasted it to pieces.
However, the infantry who snuck in were spread out and drawing closer to him.
The Gravity Fist slammed down, and the infantry squad on the left was nearly instantaneously wiped out.
The Gravity Fist wasn't only damaging upon direct hits. When it smashed into the ground, the dispersing gravitational waves and flying rocks were lethal to the infantry, making their alloy and plastic steel armor plates useless.
Yet, a group of infantry made it close to his feet.
Realizing something was wrong, he lifted his leg and stomped and kicked the men to death, one by one.
However, they had already accomplished what they'd come to do.
The equipment of the Knight Titan included a Shield Generator. This device had one thing in common with the Void Shield: it couldn't recognize or block slow-moving objects.
The approaching infantry, of course, counted as such.
So did the bombs they stuck to it.
Though just ordinary explosives, the blast at the knee joint of the Knight Titan, akin to its knee, still had a very damaging impact. Continue reading at empire
He wanted to retreat and get closer to another comrade but found that his movements were now somewhat limping.
He hadn't lost complete mobility, but there was some issue with the power system in his left leg, causing an imbalance.
This made him exceedingly alert.
Then, he saw three more armored vehicles approaching.
Having taken a lesson, he raised his arm to fire the fragmentation grenade cannon, preparing to blow up the three vehicles from afar.
However, a flash of blue light appeared.
A Plasma Charged Gun shot hit right at his already faulty left knee.
His form suddenly tilted, and his left leg kneeled to the ground, causing his well-aimed fragmentation grenade cannon to miss its mark and fly off course.
Lacroix, clinging to the top of the armored fighting vehicle, resheathed the recharging Plasma Gun back into the thigh holster and then leapt down from the roof.
After landing, he rolled a couple of times and then stood up, sprinting at full speed. With the help of his strong physical strength and the exoskeleton's enhancement, his short burst speed was even faster than the armored vehicle.
An armored car exploded by the Gravity Fist of the Knight Titan while covering for him.
But this allowed Lacroix to enter the attack range.
Reaching back, he drew the chainsaw sword he was carrying on his back while simultaneously closing in on the side of the Knight Titan.
Dodging the second punch, bracing against the push of the gravity waves, he grabbed onto the upper edge of the Knight Titan's knee with one hand, powerfully climbed a few steps, and nimbly jumped onto its side and back.
He initially wanted to attack the cockpit of the Knight Titan, but it was not possible. The cockpit was the most protected part of the Knight Titan, heavily shielded. Forget his chainsaw sword, even the thermite bomb he carried, the miniature version, might not be able to burn through the cockpit and kill the pilot inside.
Therefore, he switched his target to the Shield Generator nearby.
First, he stuck a thermite bomb on the back of the Knight Titan's head and activated it. Then, with his chainsaw sword, he fiercely slashed at the weak point in the Shield Generator's structure.
The Shield Generator exploded first, throwing Lacroix into the air; following that, the thermite bomb detonated, burning away half of the Knight Titan's head from behind.
Tumbling through the air and flung over twenty meters, Lacroix barely managed to stand up and surveyed the results of the battle.
The energy shield around the Knight Titan had been extinguished; its head, which housed observation, calculation, and servo-cranial assistance, was destroyed.
This formidable war machine, though not yet destroyed, was undoubtedly now like a lamb to the slaughter!
Oh, perhaps likening it to an elephant waiting to be slaughtered is more apt.