His body itched to rush into the main forest area to battle but he knew that he wouldn't survive it… Well he wasn't really sure but it was best to be cautious.
Activating his scans, he could see several hundreds of the Treants standing in wait just at the edge of the forest. In fact the entire forest was crawling with them.
"Hahaha!!!" Steve laughed out loud.
He truly didn't have the element of surprise at all on his side and even so, he was really lucky that they, for some reason refused to leave the actual forest itself.
All along the edge of the forest, he could sense them, there were hundreds of them. All seemingly ready to attack at any point in time but still waited within the forest for him to enter.
Cold sweat poured down his back at the thought of what would have been if their weird rule wasn't in place.
"At least this proves that the scans work" Steve noted as he sat back.
If he once felt sleepy, that was gone now. How could he even sleep when he could sense hundreds of enemies watching his every movie.
The Automata with the new upgrade to their sensors, became much more hostile which was to be expected after all they were surrounded.
The night passed 'peacefully' and in a very 'calm' manner, the next morning, Steve found himself with blood red eyes as his brain and body demanded sleep.
He still wasn't used to staying awake for so long so things like these were expected. Deciding not to be foolish anymore, he got into the truck along with all his Automata and drove off.
Driving far into the Icy lands, the truck was finally stopped as he finally went to bed, the Automata didn't need sleep nor were they even capable of it so they were in charge of ensuring they weren't being followed.
….
"Don't forget that they are trees, use fire against them" Steve shouted as he raised his hand gun and took aim.
Before them were several enemies, the Treants attacked in groups not giving the opponent the chance to recover in any way. With his handgun and enhanced accuracy thanks to the suit, he was able to blow the head of one of the Treants clean off.
The Treant stood up despite the obvious missing vital body part before rushing towards him almost as though the head didn't matter.
His floating orbs did their work of protecting perfectly but there were too many opponents. Coating his fists in mana due to the lack of a secondary weapon.
Steve entered a battle of attrition with the damaged Treant. It was much more durable than he was but his attacks dealt more damage than it could muster. .
As the Treant swung out, Steve ducked, quickly delivering a swift jab to its torso and another. Even with his fists coated in mana and his strength enhanced by the suit, it still felt like he was punching a brick wall.
Even the stone golem didn't feel this tough, ignoring his attacks, the Treant clasped it's palms together and slammed down but before the attack could reach him, Steve vanished reappearing above the creature.
It was way more durable but he was much faster than it. As he made his way to its back, He pulled out his hand gun again as he shot the creature from the back.