The Mech Touch

ust as well.
They just wanted to maximize their strengths and minimize any potential waste.
Letting Gloriana use her limited time and energy on simple jobs would not make much of a difference to the end product.

While they worked, their cooperation became a bit more harmonious.
Vincent Ricklin and his crew observed the pair working together with quiet fascination while their recorder bots broadcasted the entire session without stop.

A mech pilot like Vincent was completely oblivious to the technical intricacies of making a mech.
He could only judge the work by what he could observe, and so far he was very pleased with what he saw.
The mech that was promised to him started to become more and more real!

At this point, neither Ves nor Gloriana paid Vincent and the public broadcast any attention.
They didn ’t know how many people were observing their work, and they didn ’t care.
They were too consumed in putting the Adonis Colossus together!

Unfortunately, Ves and Gloriana mostly performed their work with high concentration and dedication.

While that was enough to ensure a good outcome, it was difficult to go any further.

Both of them knew that they lacked the inspiration and serendipity to enter into an exceptional state.

As the Adonis Colossus started to take shape, they could already judge that it wasn ’t possible for it to become a masterwork mech.

Gloriana looked disappointed.
”It ’s a pity. ”

”We have many more attempts. ” He patted her back.
”Don ’t get too hung up over a single miss.
We still have a lot to go before we are worthy to create a masterwork mech. ”

”I just feel so regretful that we have to hurry up.
I really had a lot of hopes for this mech. ”

Ves didn ’t agree, but he didn ’t voice his doubts at the moment.

They resumed the assembly work.

One unexpected difficulty was the need to apply their signature looks to the mech without the observers getting the wiser.
Obviously, affixing a hexagon onto the most masculine part of the mech was a very controversial move!

”We can just apply it on the inside of the codpiece first. ” Gloriana suggested.

”Good idea. ”

It wasn ’t possible to hide what they were doing when they were working on the frame of the mech.
However, it was easy enough to assemble the codpiece components while making sure to keep the inside parts hidden from view.

Once they applied the codpiece with its hidden additions onto the frame, they successfully managed to overcome this hurdle.

As the mech neared completion, its glow became more and more evident.
The X-Factor of a mech corresponded closely to how well it conformed to the design.

It was possible to modify and alter a finished mech over time while allowing its individual glow to adapt to the changes.
Every form of life experienced some changes in its growth.

However, the starting point still had to conform to the original design.
This meant that while the glow wasn ’t very evident when the mech was still made up of an internal frame, once it began to incorporate more parts, the glow started to become more evident.

Ves and Gloriana were very close to the Adonis Colossus, so they experienced the strength of its glow first.

”It ’s still pure. ” Ves smiled.

This was a deliberate choice on his part.
For mass market mechs, it wasn ’t appropriate to expose a newborn spiritual product to thousands of mech pilots.

It was different for custom mechs.
Ves wanted to experiment with pairing newborn spiritual products with a single mech pilot.

As long as the two developed a bond, the spiritual product would grow up by taking the mech pilot as its parent.
The bond between the two would doublessly become a lot more intimate than usual!

In fact, Ves could have checked up on Lady Miralix Laterna and her Kinslayer in order to see how Vescas, its design spirit, had progressed.

However, due to the turbulence in the star sector, news of her was very hard to get, especially after she joined the military of the Sentinel Kingdom.

Switching his observation to Vincent and the Adonis Colossus was a lot more convenient.
Since Vincent made a lot of media appearances, Ves would be able to observe how his mech fared.
The increased proximity also facilitated frequent exchanges.

The masculinity radiated by Bravo impressed Ves quite a bit.
It was a bit more coherent and stable than the glow of his soldier mechs at the start.
Gloriana ’s intervention gave the design spirit a much stronger starting foundation.

With fewer flaws and imperfections, Bravo ’s glow immediately impressed the people observing the fabrication attempt.

Vincent, the bodyguards, the Tovar mech designers and even the observers watching the live feed of the fabrication process became impressed by what they felt!

Even if none of their sensors detected any radiation affecting their physiology, their emotions nonetheless became affected!

Of course, the live feed could only convey so much majesty.
The one who really felt the impact was Vincent!

The moment Bravo ’s glow reached a certain level of strength, it already started to reach out towards Vincent.

Their mutual attributes attracted them together like nothing else!

”This mech..
is made for me! ” He uttered breathlessly.

Before Vincent even stepped into the cockpit, the mech and design spirit already started feeling each other out.
While this was just a surface interaction, the impact on Vincent and Bravo was already profound!

Vincent had never faced a mech as masculine as the Adonis Colossus.
Even if other mech designers managed to make a more manly mech in appearance, only the mech in front of him was qualified to become his steed!

”I will be invincible once I pilot this mech! ”

This was what his hindbrain told him! Whether it was correct or not remained to be seen.

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