The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7143

Chapter 7143: Giant Ambition

The Farseer was one of the most competent scryers of the Red Collective.

She was not able to observe the entire headquarters due to complications deeper within the planetary base, but she was still able to catch plenty of glimpses elsewhere.

They did so with the help of formation anchors that had been secretly planted underneath the surface of Jotunheim.

The Ascended Giants did not have perfect control over their icy planet. The collies successfully snuck formation anchors and listening devices all across the planet, though they did not dare to bring anything too big and powerful for fear of detection.

The compromised personnel still retained their skills and knowledge even if their views had changed.

In any case, Andrea Vos along with other scryers would continue to monitor the Ascended Giants as they prepared to participate or witness the ritualistic challenge.

Not everyone was easy to read as the Fiery Axe. The scryers failed to observe the Oscillating Fist and only caught fleeting glimpses of the Unshakeable King.

The latter was a key figure. He was the leader that most strongly fell for the illusion that phase lords were gods.

This led him to believing that he could only realize his ambition of being treated as a god if he defected to the Red Cabal!

Suffice to say, if Ves could accomplish just one goal during the leadership challenge, it was to find a way to not only defeat the Unshakeable King, but kill him before he could spread his poison any further among his fellow Ascended Giants.

Ves felt quite troubled by this task.

As the Tarrasque temporarily withdrew from Jotunheim’s orbit and flew to a different location in order to solve a necessary problem, the scryers and the other collies that in place managed to gather a crucial piece of intelligence.

"The Unshakeable King seeks to claim your head as well." Zariel-775 quietly reported to Ves. "We do not have absolute certainty that this is true, but we deem that it is over 85 percent likely that

Ves didn’t know how to feel about this. "That makes 2 out of 4. What is his motivation behind his desire to kill me? Does he have similar sentiments to the Fiery Axe?"

"Not quite." Zariel-775 responded. "His ambitions are stronger than his pride. The Unshakeable King is convinced that human phase lords deserve to be treated as gods, and he prefers to be the greatest god among his kind. According to the intelligence we have gathered, he is not that hopeful that he will be able to defeat the Oscillating Fist. This is why he is aiming at your head. He is motivated by the bounty on your head. He knows that if he is able to kill you and present himself before the Red Cabal, the phase whales will welcome him with open fins. The native aliens will regard the Unshakeable King as a hero and treat him much more favorably than the other Ascended Giants. He may even be appointed as their leader."

Ves raised his eyebrows. He quickly recognized the political brilliance of this scheme.

"The leader of the Ur-Titan Phalanx must be really lacking in confidence in his ability to compete fairly against the Oscillating Fist. Since the Unshakable King can’t become the most powerful god through martial might, then it is pretty clever for him to maneuver his way to the top through political scheming. It isn’t as honorable, but the native aliens don’t care so long as he is able to present my head to them. The phase whales have no choice but to honor their earlier commitment and help the Unshakeable King promote to a greater phase lord."

As long as the Unshakeable King became the first greater phase lord among the Ascended Giants, all of his gigantic brothers and sisters had no choice but to acknowledge him as their absolute leader!

Not even the Oscillating Fist would be able to rely on his exquisite boxing skills to overcome the enormous gap between lesser phase lords and greater phase lords!

"The good news is that none of the other leaders are motivated by the bounty... for the time being." The secret keeper said. "Most of the Ascended Giants still respect you and look up to you for enabling their own physical transformations. Do not underestimate this sentiment. For various reasons, all of the members of the Phase Lord Department have undergone a radical culture change. They may still harbor diverse opinions in private, but when it comes to official matters, they have a tendency to form a united front and obey their superiors without question. The human phase lords as well as their mortal servants have become much more hierarchical than in the past. We are uncertain why this is the case."

That sounded odd to Ves as well. "I have been thinking about this unusual phenomenon as well. Do you think that a third party has intervened in secret?"

"We are increasingly suspicious that this is the case." Secret Keeper Zariel-775 responded in a morose tone. "One of the reasons why we are monitoring the headquarters so closely is because we want to find proof of third-party intervention. We currently suspect that the Cosmopolitan Movement has secretly fanned the flames by providing them with covert assistance."

That sounded entirely plausible. The cosmopolitans were probably salivating to introduce the Ascended Giants to the Red Cabal!

In a sense, the Ascended Giants represent the ideal that the cosmopolitans were working towards.

The crazy ideologues wanted humans to assimilate into alien society. What better way to do that than to elevate a ’human’ version of the kind of ruling class that the native aliens were accustomed with? The Ascended Giants would be able to fit right into alien society!

With the Cosmopolitan Movement acting as lubricant, the probability that this would happen was much greater!

"I am not about to present my head to the Unshakeable King so that he could turn it into his trophy and present it to the Red Cabal." Ves said with growing determination. "That said, beating him or just avoiding death is a tall order. The Unshakeable King is regarded as the second-strongest Ascended Giant after the Oscillating Fist, correct?"

The secret keeper nodded. "That is what the Ascended Giants believe. Whether that is true or not remains to be seen. The Oscillating Fist has never lost a challenge and has deterred his strategoi from mounting one in the foreseeable future. We do not have a good overview of how much progress the Unshakeable King has made as he remains unchallenged within his own unit. We can only rely on less reliable and outdated sources to build up a model of his fighting style."

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