The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7230

Chapter 7230: Gloriana’s Shame

“This… is awful.” Gloriana said as she grew more and more queasy. “When I designed the Riot Mark III, I never meant for this to happen. Living mechs are not supposed to be punished for the mistakes of their pilots. It is not the Riot’s fault that Venerable Orfan has failed to break through up until this point. If she wants to become an ace pilot so badly, then she should first look into herself before obsessing over her mech.”

Ves let out a sigh. “I get where you are coming from, honey, but I do not think this is a bad development. No matter who wins or loses, the fact that two spirits had to compete against each other in a ritualistic death match will only further imbue our work with chaos and conflict. I can tell that the living mech likes it. A long time ago, I let the mech frame absorb an Unstable Chaos Essence gem. This is the starting point of the Riot Mark III degeneration. Everything that has happened since that point has ultimately led to this situation.”

His wife frowned for a moment. “Are you saying that the Riot was destined to ‘fall’ like an angel being cast down from heaven into hell?”

“Not so dramatic, but yes. That is roughly what I am saying. The Riot Mark II was a fine mech, but he was only chaotic in a half-hearted fashion. I was limited by the available methods and materials that I had access to at the time. Enough years have passed for me to make up for these shortcomings. The Mark III upgrade is finally able to bring my true vision to life. The current iteration of the Riot is finally on the cusp where he can finally embrace his true nature.”

“Or lose everything.”

“Yes.”

The silent but intense struggle for dominance continued. The intruder may be a complete stranger in the Riot Mark III, but he was a Middle Demon who had fought and devoured dozens of his peers through successive gu cultivation rituals.

There was no way the Prophet’s Bane would give up after suffering a single setback!

The Riot Mark III suddenly changed. The mech frame did not develop any weird spikes or exaggerated angles, but Ves could nonetheless sense that one of the machine’s shoulder plates had become subtly wrong.

When he focused his gaze at it, he had the illusion that it was a millimeter short in one moment, and several millimeters too long in the next moment.

The mass, the dimensions, the angles and even the way the light reflected from its surface constantly shifted in a manner that was unnoticeable to most people.

To Ves, it felt as if he was looking at an optical illusion, but he knew that this was not exactly false.

He had a strong feeling that what he was seeing was a manifestation of probability manipulation that directly altered reality!

The phenomenon initially confined itself to the shoulder plate, but it was steadily spreading outwards like a virus.

The chest plating, arm plating and other parts gradually began to exhibit the same phenomenon. The effects remained subtle, but even laymen would instinctively be able sense that something about the Riot Mark III was wrong.

Even his wife could not ignore this subtle but disturbing sight. “Is this… contamination?”

Ves nodded. “I guess so. Not every form of demonic contamination produces wicked spikes and so on. The choice of Demoncasting Molds is a big factor. This one does not seek to empower anything directly related to combat or physical attributes. The mold that I have chosen is solely designed to strengthen a mech’s relation to prophecy. The mold works very differently from the other ones I have used so far. While it is a pity to filter out the properties of the demon that is good at direct offense and such, I kind of like this subtle directional improvement more. It is very focused and it is doing a good job of amplifying the properties that will make the Riot Mark III unique.”

He cared a lot about creating unique mechs. It was hard to create any machine that stood out and became iconic throughout the generations.

There were just too many mech designers out there. Their combined output was massive even if Ves limited his consideration to the mech industry of the Red Ocean. All of the normal ideas had already been tried out, so if he wanted to create a truly unique and unforgettable mech, it could only be done by resorting to radical deviations.

The corruption continued to spread.

The Prophet’s Bane was no idiot. It had fought against so many powerful peers that the living mech did not discourage it in the slightest.

Despite its feral irrational state, the molded demon did not crash directly into its adversary.

Instead, the Prophet’s Bane instinctively understood that it was better to dig in and capture ground step-by-step.

It focused all of its energy into conquering the shoulder plating first. The concentration of power was enough to overcome the living mech’s resistance.

From there, the Prophet’s Bane was able to rely on its initial foothold to expand its territory.

This strategy of gradual assimilation prevented the living mech from making full use of its home ground.

The more territory got eroded, the less powerful the living mech became.

In the end, the outcome of this competition was already set since the moment the defender lost his first piece of territory.

The Prophet’s Bane was inexhaustible. It had put in a huge amount of effort to conquer the first few territories, but after its opponent gradually started to weaken, its advantage continued to snowball.

When more and more of the mech frame began to show the same signs of subtle incongruity, both Ves and Gloriana knew that the takeover was almost over.

Venerable Orfan’s battle partner had put up a valiant fight, but it was ultimately unable to defend itself against a powerful demonic invader that had been strengthened numerous times.

If the Riot Mark III was already an ace mech that had undergone substantial amounts of willpower baptism, then the outcome might have been completely different.

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