The Mech Touch

he parameters of his mech as stable as possible while making sure it flew straight towards its opponent.

It sounded simple, but the Evaporating Spear exhibited a number of uncontrollable movements! Sometimes, its flight system sputtered, while other times its spear almost jerked away from the center.

”Acolyte Gien isn ’t clear-headed enough to filter out sober commands. ” Mayra commented.

Ves looked up at her.
He picked up on a hint of familiarity in her tone.
”Did you witness something like this before? ”

”Not from my own mechs, thankfully. ” She sighed in relief.
”I ’ve witnessed this phenomenon from some of our allies and opponents.
You tend to encounter these sights from some of the poorer pirate gangs.
They are often short on mech technicians, or don ’t have any who are very good at their job, so a lot of mistakes occur in the mech workshops.
Since they ’re so poor and weak, they don ’t have a mech designer on retainer to solve these issues either. ”

That sounded like a tragedy in the making to Ves.
Such a pirate outfit wouldn ’t be able to survive for more than a couple of years at most.

”Let me guess. ” He added.
”They also buy the cheapest, crappiest mechs from the shadiest dealers.
Ones that have a high chance of being tampered with as well for some reason or another. ”

Mayra nodded.
”Caveat Emptor.
Buyers must be wary and knowledgeable enough to know what they are purchasing.
The sad thing is that pirate gangs without their own mech designers never last very long.
The number one reason for their failure is that their very own mechs have led them to their deaths. ”

While they were chatting, in the meantime the duel picked up steam.
As the Evaporating Spear was picking up steam, the Redemption Rose did not fall behind.
Acolyte Evie gained control just in time to brace her mech for a charge.

In theory, a lancer mech handedly beat a knight mech.
A lancer ’s offensive power relied primarily on their charging attack, and the one thing they hated most was fighting against a light and mobile mech that could easily dodge the telegraphed charge without breaking any sweat.

A space knight that relied on armor instead of mobility to fend off attacks should have been a sitting duck.
However, due to Mayra ’s extensive modifications, the mech had shed much of its armor in exchange for increased mobility.

The Redemption Rose could not be called a proper knight anymore!

”The first collision is about to happen! ”

As the Evaporating Spear charged forth like a jerky rocket that nonetheless managed to maintain its course, its lance was moments away from piercing through the Redemption Rose ’s weakened armor!

However, the Redemption Rose abruptly engaged its flight system along with some of its miniboosters! The sudden impulse shoved the slimmed-down space knight out of the path of the Evaporating Spear ’s charge, causing the lancer mech to miss its target by a wide margin!

”Acolyte Gien almost succeeded. ” Ves commented, though he looked a little disappointed.
”He even predicted that Evie would dodge, but he chose to correct his course in the wrong direction. ”

The Redemption Rose dodged to the right at the last second, but the Evaporating Spear had already begun to bend its lance in the other direction! If Gien had won the guessing game, then chances were high his mech would have been able to leave a gouge in his opponent ’s mech!

The two mechs took some time to readjust from the first clash.
The constant fire burning through their nerves caused them to take at least five times as long to turn around their mechs and ready them for the next collision.

While Acolyte Evie ’s Redemption Rose gained a lot of mobility, it was still a space knight at heart.
The miniboosters attached to strategic points along its frame expended its fuel rather quickly, so Evie couldn ’t rely on them to chase after the lancer mech.

The Evaporating Spear possessed the initiative in this confrontation.
It was up to the faster and more offensive-minded lancer mech to go on the attack!

And that it did.
The lancer mech made an exaggerated curve until it once again ended up in a trajectory that lined up to the largely immobile space knight.

Its curving trajectory allowed the Evaporating Spear to retain the momentum it built up thus far.
This was the beauty of spaceborn lancer mechs! Anytime they missed, the momentum they painstakingly built wasn ’t lost! They could simply arc around and try again, all the while their flight systems accelerated them to even greater relative velocities!

The greater the accumulation, the greater the kinetic energy at the moment of a successful collision! Though the lancer mech inevitably suffered just as much shock as its victim, its entire mech frame had been built to counteract the damage resulting from such impacts.
Even if it suffered some damage, the mech at the other end of the lance inevitably suffered ten times worse!

Such an occurrence became increasingly more likely as Acolyte Gien tried and failed to impale the Redemption Rose for four straight times!

Some of the less well-adjusted cultists in the observation chamber began to disparage their former brother.

”Is he blind? Even if he ’s in pain, he shouldn ’t be so bad with his aim! ”

”Gien is unworthy to receive Haatumak ’s favor.
If he cannot endure the strain of piloting an uncooperative mech, he doesn ’t deserve to be ordained as a Living Altar. ”

The duel did proceed rather badly.
For a lancer mech to miss so many charges at once beggared belief.
However, Ves knew that this show would end soon enough, because the Evaporating Spear became more accurate after each failed attempt.

Its mech pilot was starting to get the hang of piloting under strain! Acolyte Gien began to channel his pain rather than endure it in a mindless fashion.
The uncontrolled bursts of movement lessened as he began to take back more control.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.

As the Evaporating Spear curved back for another charge, this time it moved with purpose!