The Mech Touch

omentum built up in Ves.
As he came closer and closer to completing the third iteration, he increasingly sensed his mech design possessed the capability to transform the Ylvaine Protectorate.

It was a ridiculous notion! How can a single mech design change the course of history of an entire state?

Yet no matter how much he tempered his expectations, each time he studied his mech design, his hopes couldn ’t help but inflate!

He might have been able to manage his emotions if that was all that happened, but Ylvaine ’s spiritual fragment made it worse!

Each time Ves envisioned how his mech design might spark a huge culture shift among the Ylvainans, the spiritual fragment radiated strong waves of faith, certainty and anticipation!

The spiritual fragment probably thought that this vision would definitely come to pass!

Although Ves had high hopes for his mech design, he didn ’t dare rest on his laurels at this point.
A lot could still go wrong!

Yet the momentum that built up within his spirit became more and more formidable.
His entire mind and spirit seemed to resonate with his design.
Although that was just a figure of speech and not an actual metaphysical phenomenon, Ves couldn ’t help but get caught up in his growing euphoria!

A frenzy of passion and inspiration overtook his mood, and even Ketis fell to the wayside as she watched with widened eyes as Ves made a lot of small adjustments to the design.

”Is Ves always like this, Lucky? ”

”Meow. ”

She shook her head.
”You know, why am I even asking? Unlike Ves, I can ’t tell what you ’re trying to say. ”

”Meow. ”

The two of them quietly enjoyed the show as Ves frenetically perfected the design.
At some point, his passion blended with his design seed and Ylvaine spiritual fragment.
Three different sources mingled together and connected into one, causing Ves to enter a miraculous mood that motivated him into working even harder!

While this hyperactive inspired state didn ’t help him solve the problems any better, it imbued the design with a lot more spirituality! The passion he felt passed on to his mech design, elevating its meaning to a greater height!

In his state of total concentration, only a small part of his mind was aware that he had created a work of fervent passion!

It was his most passionate mech design to date!

Did this mean that his other mech designs lacked in passion? Perhaps.
The circumstances of their development were different.

Ves never thought he was lacking in passion.
He cared about almost all of his mech designs, especially the ones he designed for the market or for a client.
As a mech designer who constantly improved, it wasn ’t difficult for him to maintain his love for the craft.

Yet only now did he feel as if he surpassed a new threshold in passion!

He could feel that the Transcendent Messenger transform under his ministrations despite the limited scope of his adjustments.
It constantly gained more meaning as he adjusted its shape.

The weight behind the Transcendent Messenger even seemed to be on track to surpass that of the Aurora Titan!

The most remarkable trait about his famed super-medium space knight design was its exceptionally powerful design spirit.
Its X-Factor was by far the strongest he had ever imparted in a mech design!

Yet if Ves stripped this asset away from the Aurora Titan, what was he left with? An overweight mech that moved extremely slowly in space and fought like a tub of lard.
Its only merit was that it could absorb a lot of energy damage in the right conditions.

He realized now that the Aurora Titan would never be able to enjoy its current degree of success without its remarkably strong X-Factor.
Strip that away, and the mech model would have been destined for failure!

The difference right now was that Ves didn ’t regard the Transcendent Messenger the same way.
While hero mechs were notoriously difficult to design, his abundant knowledge, his design seed, his prior exposure to hero mechs, his latest Mastery experience and the inspiration he received from Ylvaine spiritual fragment all helped him design a great Ylvainan-style hero mech!

None of this would have been possible if he hadn ’t advanced to Journeyman! His design seed provided him with an enormous amount of help, bridging many gaps and accelerating the design process.

His strengthened Spirituality also helped him refine the spiritual fragment he needed to design a mech that not only conformed to the Ylvainan Faith, but embodied it to the highest degree!

Ves judged that it would be fine if he completed the design without imparting it with a design spirit! Its technical, visual and spiritual design aspects were already strong enough to make the Ylvainans speechless!

Of course, he still intended to proceed with his original plan anyway.
Designing a good mech already sounded nice, but he would never miss the chance to make it even better.

”It ’s close.
Just a few more finishing touches before I ’m done. ” He whispered to the spiritual fragment.

At this stage, the spiritual fragment ’s aura had broken past the boundaries of his mind and radiated outwards.

Ketis frowned as she sensed something unusual in the air.
”What ’s going on? Is gas leaking from somewhere? ”

”Meow! ”

The cat in her embrace sensed what was going on and grew excited as well! As long as Ves grew more successful, Lucky could look forward to eating better exotics!

The awareness that something unusual was happening extended to the guards and Protectors stationed at the mech workshop.
They looked at Ves with amazement as they had the illusion that the great prophet had descended into the mech designer ’s head!

To the Protectors of the Faith, it seemed as if Ves had been overtaken by divine inspiration! He was doing the great prophet ’s work!

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