The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7424

Chapter 7424: Word of Streon Action

Ves let out a sigh.

He had no solution for the cost of making use of his new SDS.

It couldn’t be helped. Both superdimensional technology and Destroyer technology were expensive and highly exclusive. Combining the two only made this situation worse!

Even if he was willing to go public with the new Super-Destroyer System, the amount of groups that possessed the wealth and resources to make use of it was depressingly low!

Ves should count himself lucky that the Larkinson Clan happened to be one of them, if only reluctantly due to the limited amount of Destroyer weapons in its possession.

If he wanted to continue this line of research, then he would have to get his hands on more Destroyer weapons.

It would be a bit too suspicious if he requested another exchange so soon after acquiring the Elegant Sword.

He decided to remain low-key and continue to obfuscate his latest research interest. There was no need for him to achieve rapid progress when his initial results already promised a significant performance boost.

With just two Destroyer particles, he had transformed the Murder Knife Mark II from a mediocre D-arm into a weapon that could overpenetrate Saint Armors and land an unexpectedly lethal blow!

Of course, Ves still valued his Withering Sting more.

He favored its reach and the ability to keep his enemy at a greater distance.

In addition, the spear was much more effective against enemies of a significantly greater scale than his other self.

This was especially the case due to the superdimensional weapon’s extraordinary withering and corrupting effects.

Ves did not necessarily need to land a killing blow at once. He just needed to stab the enemy enough times to rot its flesh and spread the power of decay across the rest of its body!

Considering that he was about to accompany a combined fleet into enemy territory, he had little doubt his forces would encounter plenty of phase lords of superior scale.

Employing a measly knife against them sounded foolish.

Nonetheless, he still resolved to find an opportunity to test its experimental module on a suitable occasion. The need for research data slightly outweighed the risks of wielding the sidearm.

After Ves wrapped up his session and made sure to cleanse and purge his entire lab and workshop, he finally left and resumed his normal duties.

He had left his wife and the rest of his team hanging for a while. He did not regret his decision to do so as he already established a strong habit of acting on his inspiration.

Nonetheless, he did not miss the signs of discontent upon the expressions of his fellow mech designers and other clansmen.

This was yet another sign that it had been the right decision for him to resign from his leadership position.

His assistants quickly filled him in on what he missed during his brief research frenzy.

"The Saint Commander along with your wife has stepped up and attended numerous social occasions on your behalf." Gavin Neumann reported to Ves in his office. "The Terrans are honored with their presence, but it is not hard to notice that they are impatient to meet with the architect of the Arboreal Project and one of the chief catalysts to their successful breakaway from the Red Two. The two women may have reached an exalted status among the common citizens, but they are nothing special in the eyes of the true movers and shakers of a colonial star empire."

The Terran Alliance had way more junior ace pilots and Senior Mech Designers within its own ranks.

Though the members of the Larkinson Clan had managed to stand out and rise up at an impressive pace, the Terrans did not necessarily put too much stock in potential alone.

Most Terrans came from old stock. They proudly tracked their lineages and could trace their origins all the way back to the Age of Stars. Many ancient clans that managed to stand proud today had experienced their fair share of crises.

This gave them a greater appreciation of stable multi-generational families over the emergence of individual geniuses who could fall as rapidly as they rose.

While Ves technically fell into the latter category, he believed he had done a good job of rising above his more unstable and less proven peers.

Besides, Ves’ lineage was not as plain and common as it appeared on the surface. He was the descendant of a powerful True God, one who lived for multiple centuries and witnessed the transition of two ages!

Considering all of these factors, the Terrans had plenty of reasons to elevate the status of himself far above the rest of the Larkinsons.

This was especially the case when cooperating with him yielded lots of benefits, both in the present and the future!

The only member of the clan that could come close to him on this aspect was Ketis.

Gloriana fell a bit short on this evaluation, but that could as long as she managed to advance her rank and make enough contributions to raise her galactic citizenship tier.

"Who do I need to meet as soon as possible?" Ves inquired.

"Master Laila Rebecca Devos has invited you to visit the gathered leaders, investors, mech designers, researchers, test pilots and prototype biomechs that the Terrans have brought to this star system. In short, the Terran stakeholders are eager to take your measure and receive your input on their earnest efforts. This is a major visitation that will probably last much of the day, so I suggest you get your smaller appointments out of the way first."

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