The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7379

Chapter 7379: Pulling the Triggers

Giving up was not Saint Orfan’s style.

Ves may be more hesitant about this decision, but he ultimately chose to set aside his doubts and place his unconditional trust into the female ace pilot.

Although Saint Rosa Orfan possessed questionable judgment even in the best of times, this was ultimately a part of her personal struggle.

The conflict between Saint Orfan and the Middle Demon that originally inhabited just the Riot Mark III had been ongoing ever since they first bonded with each other.

The tainted Blood Pact forged between the two ensured that neither of them could rest unless they resolved their struggle.

The Prophet’s Bane was strong and unquestionably hostile. The same strengths that turned the Riot Mark III into a powerful D-mech also threatened to subsume Saint Orfan’s willpower and assimilate her soul!

Therefore, Ves would prefer not to witness a direct collision between the two forcibly merged partners.

He did not think that Saint Orfan was truly ready for this confrontation.

Yet it was not his place to tell an ace pilot how to overcome her own challenges.

The path to becoming a god pilot was exceedingly difficult. Only the very best of ace pilots could ever hope to pass the ultimate test.

In preparation for this great leap, ace pilots often subjected themselves to many difficulties in the hopes of gaining more practice and cultivating an aura of invincibility.

True courage could only emerge from actual struggle!

Without suffering enough hardships, it was very difficult for high-ranking mech pilots to persist in their long and arduous journey to godhood.

Ves understood Saint Orfan’s rationale, but understanding did not necessarily equate to agreement. The risks were not in proportion to the rewards from his perspective.

However, he was a mech designer. His expertise lay in mechs. He may claim to understand the people who used them, but he could never fully put himself in the shoes of his clients.

Mech designers existed to serve mech pilots.

In this context, it meant giving Saint Orfan the benefit of the doubt.

Unless her judgment had clearly become impaired, she alone retained the right to choose how far she was willing to push herself in order to fulfill her goals.

Ves still felt uncomfortable about putting all of his trust in a clearly unstable ace pilot, but he also had faith in her ability to succeed strangely enough.

He could not properly explain why he felt this way. This was dangerous because feelings alone could not determine success or failure.

He decided to make a leap of faith anyway.

In any case, high-ranking mech pilots never played by the rules.

"Get ready." Ves said as he briefly concentrated in order to descend on his nearest masterwork mech.

Blinky’s form winked out as he got used as a medium to conduct the remote avatar channeling technique!

As soon as a portion of Ves’ consciousness landed inside the Riot Mark III, he immediately experienced a great deal of pressure and hostility from his own creation!

It was one thing to extend his consciousness into a friendly and benign masterwork mech, it was another thing to do it onto a powerful D-mech!

Fortunately, Saint Orfan still maintained a decent amount of control over her machine. Her extraordinary willpower immediately pushed the Middle Demon’s hostile influence away.

That felt better.

While Ves was able to endure the current circumstances, he felt anything but comfortable at the moment.

The conversion of the Riot Mark III into a D-mech profoundly corrupted its spiritual foundation. Almost every aspect had become tainted by a demonic touch.

This included the extraordinary seed that he had subconsciously placed into the Riot Mark III upon upgrading the mech into a masterwork!

Ves only theorized about the consequences, but now that he came into direct spiritual contact with his latest work, he found out that he severely underestimated the consequences!

Strange laughter and a surging feeling of malice welled in his heart.

The only person that knew him best happened to be himself!

The consequence of all of this was that Ves became tormented by indescribable interactions.

The Riot Mark III did not feel like a welcome home to him. Instead, he felt as if he had plunged himself in a pit filled with thousands of alien worms!

Even if these worms possessed very little lethality, the feeling of having them crawl all over his body was highly disconcerting!

Ves wanted to get this over with as soon as possible. He could not last for long in here without losing his sanity or getting corrupted by his own work.

Unlike Saint Orfan, Ves did not possess any extraordinary willpower that he could use to fend off this hostile influence!

He did not dare to delay any further. Blinky’s intangible form quickly moved to various internal sections of the Riot Mark III and made very precise and specific modifications to the internal structure.

Each of these actions disabled another physical lock that prevented the Chaos Trigger from activating.

Ves had to expend a lot of effort on this process. He had to expedite it as much as possible, which was difficult when the Riot Mark III was not only mutating in bizarre ways, but actively tried to corrupt him or eject him from his own work!

There were numerous times where the normal steps no longer applied because the internal structure of the Riot Mark III had become warped due to odd mutations.

Its nature as an archemech made it even more difficult for Ves to puzzle out improvised solutions. He had to rely on multiple disciplines to perform many different calculations in his mind.

If he botched his solution, he risked more than a delay. He might cause the mutating Riot Mark III to malfunction or behave in an unpredictable manner!

Fortunately, his familiarity with the Riot Mark III remained high enough that he was able to successfully disable the hardware locks without causing anything to explode.

"Done! The hardware parts will no longer pose a hindrance."

"Can I finally pull the trigger?"

"Yes, but I will have to pull a second trigger at the same time."

Blinky’s purple feline form reappeared inside the cockpit of the Riot Mark III.

It had changed considerably due to the accidents that occurred during Rosa Orfan’s botched breakthrough.

"I am starting the countdown. This is your last chance. Are you sure you want to proceed?"

"Start the countdown already."

"Three, two, one, pull!"

"You need to leave." Saint Orfan warned Ves as her willpower suddenly experienced a lot more strain than usual. "I will need to devote all of my attention to myself."

Ves knew the dangers as well as her. "Understood. Good luck, Rosa. Stay strong and stay true to your heart. Do not lose yourself in the power that is about to explode from your machine."

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